The Ferrari 458 Italia is one of the finest exotic sports cars on sale today. It's one of those cars that is hard to make better. But with the , Ferrari is trying its damndest to make one of the best even better. How'd they do?

(: No, I didn't drive the 458 Speciale. Ferrari didn't invite us to go to Maranello with the glitterati and try out the newest, bestest, V8 powered prancer in the stable. So, here's what others thought of the Speciale, just . Yeah, it sounds like it's pretty great.)

About a week ago, Ferrari hand picked a number of journalists to venture to Italy and have a day…